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An Act to consolidate, with certain exceptions, the Local Employment Act 1972, Parts I and II of the the Industry Act 1972, section 18 of the Industry Act 1980, section 6 of the Industry Act 1981 and related enactments.]
[28th October 1982]
C1Act (with the exceptions of ss. 1, 8(5) and (7), 10, 15 and 16): functions modified (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1
C2Act (with exceptions in ss. 1, 8(5)(7), 10, 15, 16): functions modified (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1
I1Act wholly in force at 29.1.83; see s. 20(2)
(1)For the purposes of this Act, and of any other enactment referring to development areas or intermediate areas under this Act, the Secretary of State may by order specify any area of Great Britain as—
(a)a development area; or
(b)an intermediate area.
(2)For the purposes of Part II of this Act the Secretary of State may by order designate a development area or any part of it as a special development area.
(3)In exercising his powers under the preceding provisions of this section the Secretary of State shall have regard to all the circumstances actual and expected, including the state of employment and unemployment, population changes, migration and the objectives of regional policies.
[F1(4)An order under this section may describe a development area, intermediate area or, as the case may be, special development area by reference to any of the following kinds of area or any combination of those areas, that is to say—
(a)wards;
(b)travel to work areas (being areas by reference to which the Secretary of State publishes unemployment statistics);
(c) any other area which has been created by, or exists or existed for the purposes of, any Act or statutory instrument (whenever passed or made);
and any order under this section may provide for any reference in the order to any named area or combination of areas to be construed as a reference to that area or combination of areas as it or they existed on a date specified in the order.]
(5)An order under this section may contain such transitional provisions as respects grant under Part II of this Act as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate in connection with any [F2variation] effected by the order in the areas which are assisted areas of any particular category [F3but no provision shall be made having the effect of reducing the amount of grant payable on current projects except in the case of anticipatory projects (as defined in section 5(1) and (6) below).]
[F4(6)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (5) above the transitional provisions as respects grant under Part II of this Act may include provision for the attribution of part of an anticipatory project to the period before the variation takes effect and its approval in accordance with the attribution.]
(7)An order under this section shall be contained in a statutory instrument which, subject to subsection (8) below, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament, and an order made under subsection (2) above may contain such incidental and supplemental provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate.
(8)A statutory instrument shall not, by reason of its designating any area as a special development area, be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament if, by reason of its other provisions, a draft of the order contained in the instrument is required to be approved in pursuance of [F5section 5(8)(b)] below by a resolution of each House.
F1S. 1(4) substituted (with saving) by Co-operative Development Agency and Industrial Development Act 1984 (c. 57, SIF 64), ss. 4, 7(1)(b)
F2Word substituted by Co-operative Development Agency and Industrial Development Act 1984 (c. 57, SIF 64), s. 5, Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 4(a)
F3Words added by Co-operative Development Agency and Industrial Development Act 1984 (c. 57, SIF 64), s. 5, Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 4(a)
F4S. 1(6) substituted by Co-operative Development Agency and Industrial Development Act 1984 (c. 57, SIF 64), s. 5, Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 4(b)
F5Words substituted by by Co-operative Development Agency and Industrial Development Act 1984 (c. 57, SIF 64), s. 5, Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 4(c)
C1S. 1(1) restricted by Regional Development Grants (Termination) Act 1988 (c. 11, SIF 64), s. 1(4)(a)
C2S. 1(2) restricted by Regional Development Grants (Termination) Act 1988 (c. 11, SIF 64), s. 1(4)(b)
Industrial Development Act 1982